Evidence for CP violation in B-0 -> J/psi pi(0) decays

Journal article

We present measurements of the branching fraction and time-dependent CP asymmetries in B0→J/ψπ0 decays based on 466×106 Υ(4S)→BB̄ events collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric-energy B factory. We measure the CP asymmetry parameters S=-1.23±0.21(stat)±0.04(syst) and C=-0.20±0.19(stat) ±0.03(syst), where the measured value of (S, C) is 4.0 standard deviations from (0, 0) including systematic uncertainties. The branching fraction is determined to be B(B0→J/ψπ0)=[1.69±0.14(stat) ±0.07(syst)]×10-5. © 2008 The American Physical Society.

Authors: Aubert, B; Bona, M; Karyotakis, Y; Lees, J; Poireau, V

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Volume: 101
• Issue: 2
• Publication date: 2008-07-11
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.021801
• EISSN: 1079-7114
• ISSN: 0031-9007
• Language: English